True Blackpowder Source(s)

[franklin_m]

I'm a huge fan of Graf & Sons. I've found them to be first rate and super helpful. Link below is to their black powder.

https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog...ategoryId/3501

[Fly]

I,m with lags, I have been making my own for years. Shoots as good as any you buy. Once you do you will never go back to buying it.

Fly

[Tasbay]

BP is hard to get here and at over $50 U.S a pound, years ago I just started making my own. Went out to the shed yesterday and about an hour later had a Kilo made. Fly`s: thread is a good read. I don`t bother with pressing or granulating just a quiet simmer over the stove and a 10 min stir then civ a couple of times , let it dry and its ready. I`m using side locks and a T/C Hawken ( the deer and goats don't seem to mind it`s not granulated). I get about 28 kilos of powder for the cost of one pound of Goex. In the U.S seems to be a little harder to get Potassium nitrate but I buy it in 25kg bags from farm suppliers for about $30 U.S.
With a front stuffer just use twice the thrown measure you would with 2ff Goex. It`s my understanding granulated powder didn`t exist until the cartridge case was invented so Davy Crocket and friends would have used something similar to what I make.

[LAGS]

And years gone bye , people like Daniel Boone and many mountain men used Bat Guano for their Potassium Nitrate.
And had no access to metal screens.
Boy , do we have it good now a days.

[indian joe]

Just a couple cans, better than WANO but sub-par to Swiss. Canon grade, not in a cart.

I thought Wano and Scheutzen was the same stuff????
Same factory different can???
Same factory different grade???
Different factory??
Whats the story??

[M-Tecs]

I thought Wano and Scheutzen was the same stuff????
Same factory different can???
Same factory different grade???
Different factory??
Whats the story??

https://schuetzenpowder.com/about-schuetzen-powder/

https://schuetzenpowder.com/

https://schuetzenpowder.com/swiss-black-powder/#

https://schuetzenpowder.com/schuetzen-black-powder-2/

https://schuetzenpowder.com/wano/

[dave951]

I get my powder from-
http://www.blackpowderva.com/
Good guy to work with and a fellow N-SSA competitor.

That said, I've worked with "red can" Goex, Schutzen, Old Eynsford and Swiss. All of them work. Some better than others. For target/accuracy/competition shooting- Old E and Swiss hands down. They cost a bit more but are more "energetic" so you use less so the "cost" isn't really a factor. Schutzen makes Swiss and Goex makes Old E. Sorta like buying premium gas for your car. Fouling is less with Swiss and Old E, no question. I was shooting primarily Old E for a number of years as the dealer was about 20miles from the house, but now he's gone out of business so I stock up with Swiss when I'm at Fort Shenandoah in Winchester at Back Creek. Goex/Schutzen, good all round powder for just shooting. Fouls a bit more, have to use more to get the same velocity as Swiss.